- ‘It doesn’t seem to be the case, at least on Suetonius’ or Tacitus’ account, that power corrupted Tiberius, so much as it enabled him to give free rein to his corruption, which in turn loosened his grip on power.’ @moonjets.bsky.social on ‘The Lives of the Caesars’. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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